OS Maps on Tom Tom

JohnTT · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 27, 2006 Posts: 55

I'm new to this Sat Nav malarkey but have just bought a Tom Tom ONE UK which I think is excellent and I've loaded it with speed camera warnings etc. Great so far :D

What I'd really like, however, is a way of loading OS map detail. I understand the size issue would only make this possible for a limited amount of the UK at a time. What I'm not sure of is is it possible to display the OS map on the Tom Tom and still have routing work?

Doing an alternative map to the existing Tom Tom map would be a mamouth task but perhaps the existing one could be kept and an OS map overlaid. I was wondering if it could be overlaid as a huge POI bitmap locked to a co-ordinate. Problem is it would not rotate with the Tom Tom map but at least you could turn it on and off. I tried this but found the icon size is limited

It would be nicer if it could be a background image somehow. I notice there is a "raster" folder containing *.jpg and *.sat files. The jpg files are an aerial view seen as a background image when zoomed out on the map. The sat files may perhaps be co-ordinate and elevation information (I'm guessing). Could something be overlaid by putting OS jpg files here with some manipulated co-ordinate data? Wink

Any ideas?

lbendlin · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 1:37 am Post subject:

you can certainly use OS images in that "Raster" folder but they will only show when you zoom out A LOT.

The TomTom PND platform is based on Linux - feel free to develop your own OS mapping application for it. As far as I know nobody has done it yet. Some would call that obvious, others would call it a market opportunity.
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JohnTT · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 27, 2006 Posts: 55

Thanks for the reply. Some more experimentation may be in order Wink

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Oops I'm guilty of posting this elsewhere - too many likely forums and I can't delete posts Confused

Andy_P · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 1:11 pm Post subject:

Shame they locked the post in the relevant forum rather than here, which is where TomTom questions are meant to be!
(Same with the TomTom "new maps" debate - wouldn't that would be better off in the TomTom forum rather than "News"?)

How a bit of creative modding, mods? Smile

JohnTT · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 27, 2006 Posts: 55

Well that's what confused me - there are quite a few forums and after posting the first one I though this isn't the best place for it - but I couldn't delete the first one... or the second... ahem.... guilty... erm... I'll get me coat Embarassed

lbendlin · Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:11 pm Post subject:

moved.
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philpugh · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 3:10 pm Post subject:

JohnTT · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 27, 2006 Posts: 55

To update this thread I've discovered that TomTom have implemented the necessary software onto the latest version to allow you to add your own map overlays. This is better than off road navigator but achieved in a similar way Smile

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Explained here: http://create.tomtom.com/manuals/create-your-own-content/

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